

Nonprofit influencer and philanthropic visionary Dan Pallotta is participating in a fireside chat at the 2025 Andar Software User Group Conference (UGC 2025) on April 10th, 2025 at 12 pm EDT.
“Dan Pallotta is the embodiment of authenticity, integrity, courage, and higher calling.” - Deepak Chopra
Dan Pallotta is widely regarded as the pioneer of multi-day charitable events. Navigated by Dan’s vision for making a greater impact, AIDSRides and Breast Cancer 3-Days inspired nearly a quarter of a million people to raise more than half a billion dollars, in less than a decade. The magnitude of this achievement is the subject of one of the very first Harvard Business School case studies on social enterprise.
“I'm committed to transforming the way our culture thinks about giving because I believe that philanthropy can change the world." - Dan Pallotta
Dan's iconic 2013 TED Talk - The way we think about charity is dead wrong [18:54] has been viewed more than 5.6 million times and is ranked one of the most-persuasive TED Talks of all time.
Dan has been the subject of features and cover stories in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and has appeared on The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, and BBC's Business Matters.
In the last ten years, Dan has given over 400 talks on philanthropy and innovation in 38 states and ten countries. He is a William Jefferson Clinton Distinguished Lecturer, and has spoken twice at TED, spoken at Google, EBay, KPMG, UBS, Stanford, Wharton, Brown, Harvard Business School, Harvard’s Hauser Center for Nonprofits, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the Philanthropy Roundtable, the Gates Foundation, as well as national and global conferences for United Way, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers & Big Sisters, and the Children’s Miracle Network.
Additionally, Dan is an accomplished author. Some of his better-known writings include:
Do not miss this opportunity to see Dan, and gain valuable insight from the experience and vision he shares at Andar's UGC 2025 event; get your team pass!